Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-21
A RICH MAN WHO Is HAPPY.
How Yuengling, the New York
Brewer, Entertains His Friends.

Brewer, Entertains His Friends.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-two gentlemen
were recently parading Broadway, BE-
tween Murray and Warren streets. They
walked arm-in-arm. Both were dressed
alike. They wore dark clothes OF
fashionable cut, black derby hats and
polka dot cravats. Each one had an iron
gray goatee and moustache, and each was
slightly bald. Each was well knit and
about five feet eight in height. There were
not three pounds difference In their
weight. The gentlemen resemble eacn
other SO closely that intimate friends ire
quently mistake one for the other. Inelr
voices even are pitched in the same key,
ana the manners OF both are rehned ana
gentlemanly. Any stranger would surely
take them for twins; yet they are In no
wise related, and are not even of the same
nationality. You frequently meet them
together, for they are united in the bonds
OF friendship. They seem to be almost as
1nseparable as the Siamese twins. When
apart each is taken for the other every
hour in the day. Both are wealthy and
each has a genial disposition. One OF
these gentlemen was Andrew j. Soulard,
well-known stock broker and probably
future Mayor of New York, and the other
is David q. Yuengling, Jr., the brewer.
rich man in the city. He enjoys his wealth
all the more because it enables him to
ENJOY the society Of his friends. he mas
q magnificent residence near Central
Park. 1t IS furnished luXuriously and
extensively, but ia the best OF taste. A
charming family makes his home Life eX-
ceedingly pleasant, One OF 9uengling's
specialties is a fine dinner party. These
dinner parties, singular as 1t may seem,
q rn oI IN 10 nnFtIOn
the immense building is set off for the use
OF his friends. 1t contains parlOrs and
bedrooms, and a dining hall of rare
beauty and design. The ranges are near
the roof, and Yuengling himself sup perrin
tends the cooking. He is often seen
wearing white cap and swathed In
white apron, performing the duties
of a chef de cuisine. His oyster
parties are acknowledged to be the best
in the city, and his terrapin stews
would make John Chamberlin's "aunty"
turn pale with envy. The parlor OF the
brewery is furnished with quaint but
royal magnihcence. The walls are
adorned with old armor and costly paint
ings. A dozen musical instruments,
including a pianafOrte, violin, a
banjo and guitar, are there. They
are played by the virtuosos who attend
the dinners. They frequently play ac-
songs and to Charles Sterling's break
downs. Near the parlor is magnificent
Turkish bath made of marble. Its gor-
geousness recalls the tales OF the ARA
bian Nights" ltcOntains plunge bath,
in which the water can be heated to any
temperature desired. Yuengling's enter
tainments are made extremely appetiZ-
ing by custom preceding the announce
ment of dinner. The guests are assem-
1a6 in Mo nj
The floors are waxed and the wa1nscots
and ceilings are of hard woods. Kegs
fresh from the cool depths of the brewery
are ranged on bench at the southern
end of the room. Goblets of foamlng
beer are drawn and passed to the guests
without stint. They are always drawn
from a special brewing. Many OF the Wis
itors gather around tank in an angle of
the apartment. 1t is filled with water
and divided into two parts bya fine wire
screen. In one section five-pound black
bass steadies himself with tinny alertness
and intently watches the gudgeons on the
other side of the screen. Occasionally a
visitor scoops up hapless ''mlnnle" with
a net and drops him over the line. Then
there is a rush and swirling of water,
and the spray is dashed into the eyes of
the behOlders. In ten seconds the little
fish had disappeared and the bass has re-
sumed his old position, awaiting the next
victim.
The dinners in this brewery are abso-
Iutely beyond reproach. The flow Of wit,
song and beer is unceasing. The bright
est fellows on the continent nave been
Yuengling's guests, and none but a
bright fellow is ever found at the table.
Yeungling's hospitality, however, does
not stop at his brewery. He has lodge
in the Adirondacks, an ancestral estate
in Pennsylvania and a baronial mansion
in Virginia, where his friends are period
ically invited to angle for trout, shoot
deer and pipe calls for wild turkeys.
Yeungling enjoys life by enjoying its
enjoyments, and the greatest OF these en-
joyments in his eyes is the enjoyment of
friends. This makes him what he has
often been called, "tbe happiest rich man
in the CITY of New York" ZIsKA.